366, [1] pages : 28 cm

"Pictorial supplement" (p. [313]-348) consists of reproductions of engravings from the Recueil Fossard and the Compositions de rhétorique de M. Don Arlequin, two 16th century MSS. which were first published together in 1928

New York : George G. Harrap, 1929

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-360) and index

The Commedia dell'arte -- The origins -- The technique of the improvisators -- The masks -- The scenarios -- The theatres -- the stages -- the staging -- The actors and the troupes of the Commedia dell'arte -- The French-Italian comedy, or the Italian comedy in France -- The theatres at the fairs -- The revival of the Italian comedy in the eighteenth century -- The marionettes -- Harlequin, his ancestors, and his family -- Brighella and his family -- Pantaloon and his family -- The doctor -- Pulcinella, his ancestors, and his family -- The captain, his ancestors, and his family -- Pedrolino and his family -- The women of the Commedia dell'arte -- The lovers -- The Caratterista -- A few anonymous, forgotten, or little-known characters -- Overtones -- Appendices -- Pictorial supplement

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